Syrian Cartoonist Raed Khalil won the second prize at the first international competition which was held in India on the occasion of the birth centenary of the late former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao..
He was an Indian lawyer and politician , who always raised his voice against injustice and led the country through a critical phase.
225 caricaturists from 30 countries participated in the competition, where the first award went to Peru and the third one to India, in addition to distributing three special prizes among cartoonists from India..
Khalil said in a statement to SANA that this award means a lot to him.
He stressed the competition serves his artistic project aimed at addressing social issues and highlighting the positive and negative aspects of life and society at world level.
It is worth mentioning that Khalil was born in 1973. He is a caricaturist at the “Al-Baath” newspaper and the Syrian Arab TV..
Artist Khalil participated in a number of international exhibitions and won several awards and certificates of appreciation. He is the editor and supervisor of the Syrian Caricature site and director of the International Caricature Festival – Syria since its inception, where he won a number of local, Arab and international awards .
Rawaa Ghanam